To revise, codify, and enact title 37 of the United States Code, entitled "Pay and Allowances of the Uniformed Services".

io«o 1962

[H. R. 10431]

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the laws re- Pay and AIIOWlating to pay and allowances of the uniformed services of the United f "r^e^d'seS-lcYs!" States are revised, codified, and enacted as title 37 of the United States Enactment as Code, entitled "Pay and Allowances of the Uniformed Services", and Z'^l.^^' ^'^' may be cited as "37 U.S.C., § ", as follows:

§ 101. Definitions In addition to the definitions in sections 1-5 of title 1, for the pur- ei Stat. 633; poses of this title 62 Stat. 859. (1) "United States", in a geographic sense, means the States and the District of Columbia; (2) "possessions" includes the Canal Zone, Guam, American Samoa, and the guano islands; (3) "uniformed services" means the Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, Coast Guard, Coast and Geodetic Survey, and Public Health Service; (4) "armed forces" means the Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, and Coast Guard; (5) "Secretary concerned" means— (A) the Secretary of the Army, with respect to matters concerning the Army; (B) the Secretary of the Navy, with respect to matters concerning the Navy, the Marine Corps, and the Coast Guard when it is operating as a service in the Navy; (C) the Secretary of the Air Force, with respect to matters concerning the Air Force; (D) the Secretary of the Treasury, with respect to matters concerning the Coast Guard when it is not operating as a service in the Navy; (E) the Secretary of Commerce, with respect to matters concerning the Coast and Geodetic Survey; and (F) the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare, with^ respect to matters concerning the Public Health Service; (6)^ "National Guard" means the Army National Guard and the Air National Guard;